Daybreak 1939  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Romance / Thriller
aka: Le Jour Se Leve
Director: Marcel Carne
Cast: Jean Gabin, Jules Berry, Jacqueline Laurent, Arletty, Rene Genin, Mady Berry, Jacques Baumer, Bernard Blier, Marcel Peres, Rene Bergeron, Gabrielle Fontan, Arthur Devere, Georges Douking, Germaine Lix, Jacqueline Laurent
As this story begins, factory worker Francois (Jean Gabin) has locked himself in his apartment after killing M. Valentin (Jules Berry). Now, through flashbacks, the events leading up to the murder are revealed as Francois remembers the loves of his life, Francoise (Jacqueline Laurent) and Clara (Arletty), who Valentin had wooed away from him. Police surround Francois' home and, after an eerie night, break in at daybreak. Regarded by many as Jean Gabin's finest film.
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Jenny Lamour 1947  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Mystery
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Cast: Suzy Delair, Bernard Blier, Louis Jouvet, Simone Renant, Charles Dullin, Rene Blancard, Pierre Larquey, Jean Daurand, Claudine Dupuis, Robert Dalban
Singer Jenny Lamour (Suzy Delair) yearns to be a star and consorts with a rich "dirty old man" to get ahead, which makes her husband, Maurice (Bernard Blier), jealous. Maurice even goes to the man's estate with a gun, finds the man already killed, and also finds that Jenny had smashed a bottle of champagne over the man's head when he had made a sexual advance. Thus, this excellent Hitchcock-like mystery begins with Maurice being the prime suspect.
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 Les Miserables 1958  N/R, 210 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Cast: Jean Gabin, Bernard Blier, Rene Fleur, Fernand Ledoux, Christian Fourcade, Jean Ozenne, Bernard Musson, Daniele Delorme, Bourvil, Julienne Paroli, Edmond Ardisson, Giani Esposito, Elfriede Florin, Madeleine Barbulee, Jean Murat
In this version of Victor Hugo's tale, Jean Gabin plays the convicted Jean Valjean who is dogged for many years by the cruel policeman, Javert (Bernard Blier). When Valjean is caught stealing food, he is sentenced to hard labor in prison. After many years, Valgean excapes, changes his lifestyle, and is even elected mayor. But more problems arise when his arch-enemy Inspecteur Javert (Blier) appears on the scene and is determined to bring Valjean to "justice."
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The Stranger 1967 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Luchino Visconti
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Karina, Bernard Blier, Bruno Cremer, Georges Wilson, Pierre Bertin, Georges Geret, Jean-Pierre Zola, Vittorio Duse, Jacques Herlin, Marc Laurent, Mimmo Palmara, Angela Luce, Joseph Marechal, Alfred Adam
Existentialist Meursault (Marcello Mastroianni) murders an Arab in cold blood for no reason other than that he feels he should. Meursault is a man who does not become involved in others' lives, and takes responsibility only for his own actions in this world. He believes that life has no meaning other than being true to oneself. This excellent film examines the consequences of such a philosophy.
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To Catch a Spy 1971  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Catch Me a Spy
Director: Dick Clement
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Marlene Jobert, Trevor Howard, Tom Courtenay, Bernard Blier, Patrick Mower, Richard Pearson, Bernadette Lafont, Garfield Morgan, Isabel Dean, Sacha Pitoeff
After her husband is arrested for smuggling literary works, the wife finds herself becoming involved in Cold War espionage.
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| 1. Daybreak (1939)
aka: Le Jour Se Leve
2. Jenny Lamour (1947)
3. Les Miserables (1958)
4. The Stranger (1967)
5. To Catch a Spy (1971)
aka: Catch Me a Spy
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